Retrospectiva săptămânii 7 - 13 iulie (+ 14 iulie) 2019

Cuphead devine un serial animat adevărat, Nintendo lansează o versiune și mai portabilă a Switch-ului și, într-o lovitură de teatru total așteptată, jocul Ion Maiden își schimbă numele, scandalul G2A are încă ecouri iar Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure are dată de lansare.

Linkuri rapide:

• Știri
• Articole (critică, dev, design)
• Made în România
• Anunţuri şi lansări de jocuri
• Prăvălii de jocuri

Știri

• În ceea ce este probabil cea mai previzibilă tranziție cu putință, Cuphead devine un serial animat produs de Netflix. ^{(Ars Technica, Eurogamer)}
• Nintendo anunță o nouă variantă de Switch, ce va putea fi folosit doar ca dispozitiv portabil - Switch Lite ^{(Eurogamer, Ars Technica, Polygon, VideoGamesChronicle, IGN)}. Iar, dacă zvonurile sunt adevărate, ne pregătește și un upgrade pentru Switch-ul normal. ^{(Ars Technica, VideoGamesChronicle)}
• 3D Realms decide să încheie procesul cu formația Iron Maiden și să-și redenumească jocul din Ion Maiden în Ion Fury. ^{(Destructoid, PC Gamer, Shacknews, Eurogamer)}

Articole (critică, dev, design)

• Auto Chess proves again that it’s modders who know what we really want ^(Eurogamer)
• Game developers, it’s time to stop listening to the fans ^(VG247)
• 'Mordhau' and the Fantasy of an All-White Middle Ages ^(Vice)
• WTF is a Classic Game? ^(Gamasutra)
• An unbeatable poker bot offers glimpses of video game AI’s future ^(Polygon)
• Facebook AI Pluribus defeats top poker professionals in 6-player Texas Hold ’em ^{(Ars Technica)}
• It's Becoming Impossible To Keep Up With More Than A Couple "Forever" Games ^(USgamer)
• How ‘climate crisis games’ could better model our problems and our future ^(RPS)

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Actualitate

• Nintendo Switch Lite is destined for success, but Switch Pro is the important one ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

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Not-a-review

• Real Justice ^{(Bullet Points Monthly)}
• Putting the "U" In Trauma ^(Unwinnable)
• We Must Be Better ^{(First Person Scholar)}
• From Student Project to Backpacking in Space: The Story Behind the Mystery Sci-Fi Outer Wilds ^(USgamer)

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Industrie

• The industry is still "developing games in a bubble" ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Nintendo reaffirms its toy-maker identity ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Hello Games: Positive No Man’s Sky stories "don’t do as well – and that’s a problem" ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• "Xbox Game Pass is the first time subscription is fair for developers" ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

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Istorie, retrospectivă

• Worldwide Infamy: The Birth Of Carmen Sandiego ^{(Games Informer)}
• 15 years later, Warframe is finally close to realizing its original vision ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Final Fantasy IX Retrospective: The Final Fantasy's Final Fantasy ^(Kotaku)
• Peter Jackson’s King Kong was the most innovative game of its console generation ^(Polygon)
• How a Zelda Clone Outshone Actual Zelda: The Case for a Forgotten PS One Gem ^(Medium)
• The Game Archaeologist: Ironman modes and elective permadeath ^{(Massively OP)}
• Per Aspera Ad Astra ^(ROMchip)
• The History of Games Could Be a History of What Play Felt Like ^(ROMchip)
• History Lesson: 9 great game ideas that never took off ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}
• How N64’s Turok: Dinosaur Hunter was years ahead of its time ^(Eurogamer)

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Dev, making of, mecanici

• How developers build the tutorials you skip ^{(PC Gamer)}
• The secret to Warframe’s ship-to-ship space combat is that the ship doesn’t actually move ^{(PC Gamer)}
• More Than Meets the Eye: The Secrets of Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment ^{(Rempton Games)}
• Behind the Curtain: Uncovering Secret Hidden Game Mechanics ^{(Rempton Games)}
• Video: Inside the design of Subnautica ^(Gamasutra)
• The Psychology Of Fortnite’s Battle Pass ^{(The Psychology of Video Games)}
• My Friend Pedro ’s journey from Flash cult hit to indie success ^(Gamasutra)

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Design, world-building, artă

• Exploring the afterlife of historical sites in video games ^(Eurogamer)
• Game Box Art Critique July: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood ^(VideoGamer)

Made în România

• Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure are acum dată de lansare (7 august) și primește atenție și într-o știre de la PC Gamer. ^(Go4Games)

Anunțuri și lansări de jocuri

• A free-to-play Lord of the Rings MMO is being developed by Amazon ^{(PC Gamer)}

Anunţate

• Turok: Escape from Lost Valley ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Disintegration, un shooter SF de la unul dintre creatorii lui Halo ^(Eurogamer)
• Vane vine și pe PC ^{(Destructoid)}

Acum cu dată de lansare

• Gloomhaven (early access): 17 iulie ^(Eurogamer)
• Biotope: 23 iulie ^{(DSOGaming )}
• Morphies Law: Remorphed: 30 iulie ^(RPS)
• Stranded Sails: 4 octombrie ^(Eurogamer)
• Greedfall: 10 octombrie ^{(PC Gamer)}

Amânate

• Psychonauts 2 apare în 2020 în loc de 2019 ^{(DSOGaming )}

Lansate

• 10 iulie: SolSeraph ^(Steam)
• 10 iulie: Godhood (early access) ^(Steam)
• 10 iulie: Goat of Duty ^(Steam)
• 11 iulie: Blazing Chrome ^(Steam)
• 11 iulie: Earth Defense Force 5 ^(Steam)
• 11 iulie: Eagle Island ^(Steam)
• 11 iulie: Field of Glory: Empires ^(Steam)
• 11 iulie: Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble ^(Steam)
• 11 iulie: Griftlands (early access) ^{(Epic Store)}

Prăvălii de jocuri

Știri

• Shady Market G2A Offers To Pay Journalists To Run Pre-Written Article Defending Them ^(Kotaku)
• Steam’s new ‘Interactive Recommender’ uses machine learning, not tags or reviews, to tell you what to play ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Steam's New Customizable AI Tool Scans Your Playtime And Tells You What To Buy Next ^(Kotaku)

Articole

• This Year's Steam Summer Sale Was A Mess, Game Developers Say ^(Kotaku)
• How does the games industry get rid of G2A? Eliminate game keys altogether ^{(PC Gamer)}
• G2A’s recent comments and business practices put itself at odds with developers, media ^{(GameDaily.biz)}
• Opinion: Epic Games is so aggressive because it wants the PC games market to itself ^(VG247)
• The Impact of Key Resellers on the Game Industry ^(Gamasutra)
• We’d rather you pirate our games, say indies ^(BBC)

Jocuri gratis și free weekends

• Age of Wonders 3 is free on Steam, gets you 10 percent off Age of Wonders: Planetfall ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Torchlight is free on the Epic Games Store, Limbo will be next ^{(PC Gamer)}

Reduceri și promoții

• Get up to 70% off in the July Savings sale on the PlayStation Store ^(Eurogamer)
• GOG Baguette Days offers sweet deals on games made in France ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend PC Download Deals for July 12: Free Age of Wonders 3 ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend Console Download Deals for July 12: Retro madness ^(Shacknews)
• Best PC gaming deals of the week – 12th July 2019 ^(RPS)
• Planet Coaster is on sale for just $11.24; more on Humble Store ^{(PC Invasion)}

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